US chip export bans

South Korea’s ruling party is pursuing an extension of the temporary short-selling ban set to expire mid-September. It is simultaneously prepari...

While the market awaits the government's final decision on whether to extend its temporary ban on short selling, the investment banking industry is ex...

SK Bioscience Co. Ltd. has secured a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) order for a new coronavirus vaccine candidate under development by the ...

Korea’s six-month ban on short selling is set to expire on September 15, fueling market chatter whether or not the country’s financial wat...

SK Hynix Inc. has recently participated in a $60 million funding for the US semiconductor startup SiFive, SK Hynix said on August 12.Saudi Aramco and ...

South Korea’s heavy dependence on semiconductor chips and its concentration on the US and China for exports pose a greater risk to the export-or...

Korean dramas are becoming a worldwide phenomenon as they rise steadily to become one of Korea's major exports - even in countries that harb...

Hanwha Q CELLS has acquired a 100% stake in the energy software company Growing Energy Labs, Inc (Geli) in a move to step up its energy business in th...

Hanwha Group has lost to US-based chemical company Chevron Phillips in a bid to acquire a 50% stake in global chemical company Sasol’s...

LINA Life Insurance Co., wholly owned by the US life insurance group Cigna, said on August 6 that its parent group has not made a decision to sell the...

Samsung Electronics Co. is seen narrowing its chip business revenue with Intel Corp. as the global semiconductor market continues to grow despite the ...

Hana Financial Investment Co., Ltd has invested in an energy storage system development project as an underwriter for senior loans worth $117 million....

The US life insurance group Cigna has recently decided to put its South Korean insurance unit on the market and hired Goldman Sachs as the sale manage...

South Korea's exports have plunged 16.6% during the second quarter, hitting the lowest record in 56 years since the fourth quarter of 1963 when it fel...

South Korea's Tiger Alternative Investors Co. Ltd has raised about $100 million from domestic retirement funds and insurance firms to invest in senior...

The Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) has nearly doubled the size of its planned new bond sale in Australia to A$700 million ($460 million) on stron...

A US hedge fund with a stake in Korea Airport Service Co. Ltd. (KAS), a majority owned by Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd., is calling on the carrier to sell...

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. notified Anbang Insurance Group on May 3 of its decision to cancel a $5.8 billion acquisition of 15 US luxury ...

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will commit $120 million to a US single-family housing development fund worth about 750 billion won ($...

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. has signed a share purchase agreement to invest $150 million in Impossible Foods Inc., a meat substitutes prod...

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. remains on track to close a $5.8 billion acquisition of 15 US luxury hotels from China’s Anbang Insuranc...

California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) and Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) will set up a $312.5 million joint ventur...

Shinhan Investment Corp. has provided 194.1 billion won ($162 million) in financing for AMP Capital’s 911 billion-won ($763 million) acquisition...

Hana Financial Investment Co. Ltd. and Chicago-based Scion Group have acquired a portfolio of four newly-developed student housing facilities for $325...

Back in 2017, the idea of launching a startup to make artificial intelligence (AI) semiconductors prompted many blank stares. It was a fight that coul...

South Korean private equity firm Tiger Alternative Investors Co. Ltd. will offer a 150 million euro ($167 million) senior loan to Advent International...

Meritz Securities Co. Ltd. has recently closed the acquisition of 24 aircraft for $686 million from Aviation Capital Group Corp. (ACG), in its third i...

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. will provide $425 million in equity and debt financing for the acquisition of a desalination plant in San Dieg...

Hana Alternative Assets Management Co. Ltd. has provided a senior loan of $30 million on InterContinental Houston – Medical Center, in a five-ye...

Shinhan Investment Corp. has provided a $100 million mezzanine loan on Brookfield’s resort hotel in Florida which recently secured $560 million ...